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Gallery#1 |
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The studio artists in residence at Gallery Vertigo currently number ten, and this exhibition firmly establishes the fact that this group is a very strong ten. Many mediums are represented in this group of current work by the dedicated crew. The artists and mediums include include: Amber Powell (mixed media on paper), Joanne Pringle (papier mache), Justin Pasieka (acrylic on canvas), Judith Jurica (mixed media on paper), Robyn Heenan (acrylic on board), Kevin Mcpherson Eckhoff (acrylic on board), Jenann Giffen (oil on canvas), Cory Dixon (oil on canvas), Colleen Couves (mixed media on paper), and Howard Brown (wood assemblage).
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| Gallery#2 Joanne Sale-Hook: Introduced Species |
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The installation in Gallery Two by local artist Joanne Sale-Hook is the result of a two-month residency at Gallery Vertigo this Spring. The subject of sale-Hook's investigation during the is time was the introduction of species into North America (starlings and shrimp in particular). The resulting work from the residency consists of modified books and as well as found materials in the form of cultural detritius such as illustrations, wallpapers and art. This combining of materials has allowed the artist to distort or disrupt the cultural images in the same way that these foreign species have disrupted nature on this continent. The artist has moved these materials into the realm of the absurd, mirroring the foolishness of introducing species into a non-native habitat. "I am interested in human intervention in nature. I believe that through some notion of humanity's moral superiority over nature, we have come to feel that we have been granted some sort of permission to impose ourselves on natural order." (Sale-Hook) "I have chosen two examples: the Opossum Shrimp, which was introduced to Okanagan Lake in 1966 with the thought that Kokanee Salmon would feed on them. However, it was later discovered that the shrimp competes with the young salmon for the zooplankton on which both populations feed..Another species that effects us locally is the European Starling, who out-competes native species, such as the Western Bluebird, for nesting cavities. The starling was introduced in 1890 in Central Park, New York, reputedly in an effort to introduce to North America all of the birds mentioned in Shakespeare's works." (Sale-Hook) |
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NOAA Members Wall - featured artist: Eric Draht |
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Eric Draht is a poet/singer/songwriter//artist living in Vernon. His obsessions include alternative photography and esoteric collages, some of which are on exhibition on the featured members wall of the North Okanagan Artists Alternative. "I have been writing since I could eat, and according to Brittany, I hum as I sleep. I have wild aspirations, but at the same time I hope that if I am not meant for more than this, that I do it with humility and without false airs." (Draht)
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| Vertigo Window Display - Betty L. Fahlman | |
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Nakusp artist Betty Fahlman has several large paintings on display in the window gallery on 30th Avenue. Stop by to see what this new North Okanagan Artists Alternative member has to add to the the townscape. The artist constructs painting supports with a palster skin which adds dimension to these works. The pieces are thenn worked into usinng acrylics, watercolours and graphite. What results is a voluptuous surface that addresses the tactile qualities of nature. "I feel the subject matter and mood dictates the medium. The subject matter of my paintings is taken from my surroundings. The beauty of the surrounding landscape informs my work although the underlying political effects also influence what I choose to paint." (Fahlman)
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